alation
alation · alations
The state of being wingedThe state of being winged.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The state of being winged.
(countable)A wing or wing-like structure.
Origin
Borrowed from French, from Latin alatus (“winged”).Borrowed from French, from Latin alatus (“winged”).
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Forms
plural: alationsWord family
1 related wordsDeriveddealation
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.